{"id":8034,"date":"2015-10-01T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T12:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=8034"},"modified":"2015-10-01T09:20:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T13:20:33","slug":"a-living-breathing-dichotomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2015\/10\/a-living-breathing-dichotomy.html","title":{"rendered":"A Living, Breathing Dichotomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing this while listening to my favorite radio station, WXPN<\/a>, based here in the Philly area. Feet tapping along to the music, bopping into my day. Harry Connick, Jr. is serenading me at the moment. Awoke at the crack of dawn as has been my pattern in the past few years, no matter what time I close my eyes. Good thing my schedule allows for flexibility and blessedly, naps. I avoided them like the plague for years, believing erroneously, that I was unproductive if I wasn’t in constant motion. Not so anymore. I have come to accept that when I slow down, life gets a chance to catch up with me. I also am able to recharge my batteries.<\/p>\n

On any given day, I can be found writing, reading, working out at the gym, teaching, officiating at weddings, (two coming up in the next two weeks), doing promo for my own work and that of others, spending time with family and\u00a0friends and\u00a0attending meetings. Yesterday I was at a twice a month Social Media Magic group that offers support and ideas for using social media to connect in the spirit of conscious business dealings. A speaker, Kim Krause Berg<\/a>, offered her insights into how to and how not to design your website.<\/p>\n

Earlier\u00a0in the day\u00a0I was with a group of women from various Bucks County community agencies tasked with a delightful, if difficult job, to select three young people from our area who embody the quality of Caring. This is one of the 40 Assets that a local organization called\u00a0CB Cares <\/a>encourages. I was blown away by the nominees for the Boomerang Award\u00a0and wish that we could have chosen more. Each one reached out in love and support, not only to their families and immediate circles of friends, but to the world. They all exhibit profound social conscience, emotional intelligence, compassion, service and a willingness to go the extra mile. I know that their families and schools are proud of them all. This gives me such hope for the future. I was honored to be part of this committee.<\/p>\n

In the midst of the activity, I am aware of emotional roller coaster feelings. Ever have days when you feel strong and vulnerable, certain and trepiditious, confident and doubting, leaping ahead into the unknown and wanting to hold on to the familiar? Yup. That was yesterday. I am a living, breathing dichotomy. I wonder what each day holds. Who will I meet? What will I be asked to do? Lately, I have come face to face with old hurdles over which I now leap with ease and grace when in the past they would have tripped me up. Mostly they relate to speaking my mind if I feel\u00a0a ‘disturbance in the Force’.\u00a0 I used to allow other people’s needs and wishes to supersede my own. Now I weigh them carefully. If I can and am willing to, I do. If I feel out of sorts about it, I say so. Such a relief.<\/p>\n

Eager to see how today unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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